Henrik Eger reports on the trajectory of the Catholic docudrama Full of Grace from vision of the late Bishop Joseph Sullivan of Brooklyn to the stage in Philadelphia.
The Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania presented a talk with actors Keir Dullea and Mia Dillon of On Golden Pond with producing director Alexander Fraser livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 15 July at 5:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 4:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 2:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco).
University of Pennsylvania presented The Visual and Performative Ethnography Symposium livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 20 March from 9 a.m. EDT to 5 p.m. EDT (New York) / 6 a.m. PDT to 2 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 13:00 GMT to 21:00 GMT (London). In Twitter, use hashtag #pivpe.
Penn Cultural Heritage Center and the Penn Museum in Philadelphia presented a staged reading and discussion of My Father’s Bones—a short play by nationally renowned Native American writers and activists Suzan Shown Harjo and Mary Kathryn Nagle— livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 12 February at 5:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 4:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 2:30 p.m. PST (Vancouver) / 22:30 GMT (London).
I was inspired to believe in the power of the arts to mobilize people and sway emotions and opinions and build community in ways that petitions and protests couldn’t. I decided that I could use my skills to pro-actively organize through and for the arts, and became an intern at the Painted Bride and have been with Asian Arts Initiative since then as it has grown into an independent multi-disciplinary community arts center.
Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania presented a new musicals talk-back livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 27 September at 11:30 a.m. EDT / 10:30 a.m. CDT / 8:30 a.m. PDT / 15:30 GMT / 4:30 p.m. BST. Featuring the creative teams of String and Thanks: Andy Einhorn, Ted Chapin and Michael Korie. Moderated by Bucks County Playhouse’s Executive Producer Robyn Goodman. In Twitter, use @TheaterBCP and #howlround for Q&A.
The One-Minute Play Festival & InterAct Theatre Company presented The Second Philadelphia One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 3 August at 5 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 7 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 8 p.m. EDT (Philadelphia).
janera solomon of Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh
30 May 2014
Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: janera solomon, the Executive Director of the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh.
The term “collaborative” for me conjures up the idea of a loose group of artists with a shared Asian American identity and purpose, working together to produce a wide range of projects, from workshops, readings and short performances to full productions. If this process is successful, I believe it would be possible that within a three to five year period, there could be a significant Asian American presence in the Philadelphia theater community and a real demand for their work.
The Dramatists Guild of America presented a discussion about Immersive Theatre with Pittsburgh's Bricolage Production Company livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 25 November at 3 p.m. PST / 5 p.m. CST / 6 p.m. EST / 23:00 GMT.
Paul Meshejian challenges the idea that compensation in theater is something to be taken for granted. Instead, shouldn't we expect to not make much for our art?
The One-Minute Play Festival & InterAct Theatre Company presented The First Philadelphia One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 30 July 2013 at 5 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 7 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 8 p.m. EDT (Philadelphia).
To participate in the online conversation use Twitter hashtags #1MPF, #howlround when you search and tweet, and follow @InterActThtrCo, @DominicDAndrea and @HowlRoundTV. If you're attending or hosting a watch party for this livestreaming event, share the news.
National Performance Network presented ten performances and one panel from their Annual Meeting in Philadelphia livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 14 December and Saturday 15 December 2012.
A conversation with Charles Busch, Abigail Poegrebin, and Gordon Greenberg at the Philadelphia Theatre Company
Thursday 8 March 2012
Philadelphia, PA, United States
A conversation on "Creating the New American Musical" featuring Charles Busch, Abigail Poegrebin, Gordon Greenberg, and facilitated by Warren Hoffman livestreamed on HowlRound.TV Thursday, March 8, 2012.
Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Ed Sobel of the Arden Theatre Company.
Cory Tamler suggests innovation in the conversation with, to, and how playwrights create will spur development in Pittsburgh’s new works theatre scene.
